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Q & A with Rin-rin Yu
Rin-rin Yu spoke with us about telling a different kind of immigration story in her middle grade debut 'Goodbye, French Fry,' and adjusting her writing style for fiction narratives.
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Huda Al-Marashi on the Interfaith Education That Informed Her New Novel
Huda Al-Marashi writes for both children and adults; here, she reflects on her new middle grade novel, 'Hail Mariam,' which is inspired by her transformative experience as the only Muslim teen attending her Catholic school.
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Four Questions for Rachel Griffin
'The Sun and the Starmaker' author Rachel Griffin spoke with PW about accepting grief as a part of love, and completing her novel amid recovering from a brain injury.
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Making History: PW Talks with Carole Boston Weatherford
This year, author Carole Boston Weatherford has no fewer than three picture books hitting shelves, highlighting the importance of affirmations, the impact of African American contributions to the United States, and the value of setting as a historical bookmark.
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Four Questions with Shannon J. Spann
We spoke with Shannon J. Spann about her YA fantasy debut, 'A Stage Set for Villains,' her theater roots, and facing a world with an imperfect moral compass.
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Four Questions for Sara Pennypacker
After more than two dozen middle grade and picture books, Sara Pennypacker has written her first work of historical fiction for children, 'The Lions' Run.'
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Obituary: Hudson Talbott
Author-illustrator Hudson Talbott, widely recognized for the detailed, often humorous, watercolor-and-pencil images in his broad range of picture books, died on January 22 at age 76.
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Four Questions for Kelly Quindlen
Young adult romance novel 'Her Name in the Sky' by Kelly Quindlen gets a traditional release 12 years after its self-publication in 2014; in a conversation with PW, Quindlen spoke about revisiting her debut and how it ties into her forthcoming novel 'This Must Be the Place.'
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Cynthia Leitich Smith’s Printz Win: ‘Genuinely Gobsmacked’
Smith describes her delight and surprise at winning the Printz Medal for 'Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories,' a compendium written by 17 Indigenous authors, which she edited.
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Cátia Chien’s Caldecott Win: ‘Wait, Is This What I Think It Means?’
For newly anointed Caldecott Medalist Cátia Chien, the past few days have been worthy of party sparklers and confetti cannons: her illustrations for the picture book Fireworks, written by Matthew Burgess and published by Clarion Books, earned the coveted prize at the American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards on January 26.
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Renée Watson’s Newbery Win: ‘Tears of Joy’
When Renée Watson arrived home to New York City this past weekend, she had plenty of things on her mind—and hearing from the Newbery Committee wasn’t one of them.
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Four Questions for L.S. Stratton
PW spoke with L.S. Stratton about her career as a crime reporter and how that impacts her debut YA novel, 'Sundown Girls,' which blends historical happenings and genre-bending horror.
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Four Questions for Selina Alko
Seasoned children’s author and illustrator Selina Alko creates an ode to beloved writer Judy Blume in 'Otherwise Known as Judy the Great,' a poetry collection characterized by vibrant mixed media collages and diverse poetic forms, from free verse to haiku.
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In Conversation: Jen Bryant, Rebecca Donnelly, and Lindsay H. Metcalf on Eunice Newton Foote
This season, no fewer than three books introduce young readers to the life and work of Eunice Newton Foote, the first person to discover that trapped carbon dioxide warms the Earth’s surface, a process that causes climate change. We invited authors Bryant, Donnelly, and Metcalf to discuss their research into Foote's scientific contributions.
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Obituary: Robert Burleigh
Author and visual artist Robert Burleigh, widely acclaimed for his poetic picture book nonfiction and biographies of such subjects as Edward Hopper, Langston Hughes, and Charles Lindbergh, died on January 12 of prostate cancer. He was 90.
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Q & A with Robert Mgrdich Apelian
Debut creator Robert Mgrdich Apelian serves up 'Fustuk,' a YA graphic novel about food’s ability to inform personal identity and foster connection.
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Four Questions for V.T. Bidania
In her new middle grade novel in verse, 'A Year Without Home,' V.T. Bidania tells the story of her Hmong family's escape from Laos after the end of the Vietnam War.
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Four Questions for Torrey Maldonado
Veteran middle school history teacher and acclaimed middle grade novelist Torrey Maldonado spoke with PW about his highly personal picture book debut, 'Just Right.'
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In Conversation: Kenan Thompson and Bryan Tucker
Emmy Award-winning actor and comedian Kenan Thompson and his colleague at 'SNL,' writer Bryan Tucker, discuss the collaborative process behind their picture book debut, ‘Unfunny Bunny.’
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